The chance of earthquake damage in 77210 Zip Code is about the same as Texas average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in 77210 Zip Code is much higher than Texas average and is much higher than the national average.

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 2,968 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of 77210 Zip Code were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type

Count

Type

Count

Type

Count

Type

Count

Type

Count

Avalanche:

0

Blizzard:

0

Cold:

2

Dense Fog:

0

Drought:

47

Dust Storm:

5

Flood:

406

Hail:

951

Heat:

14

Heavy Snow:

15

High Surf:

0

Hurricane:

6

Ice Storm:

10

Landslide:

0

Strong Wind:

50

Thunderstorm Winds:

1,186

Tropical Storm:

8

Wildfire:

7

Winter Storm:

15

Winter Weather:

21

Other:

225

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near 77210 Zip Code.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near 77210 Zip Code.

No historical earthquake events found in or near 77210 Zip Code.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 93 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near 77210 Zip Code.

Distance (miles)

Date

Magnitude

Start Lat/Log

End Lat/Log

Length

Width

Fatalities

Injuries

Property Damage

Crop Damage

Affected County

3.2

1992-11-21

2

29°42'N / 95°23'W

29°47'N / 95°15'W

12.00 Miles

200 Yards

0

6

25.0M

0

Harris

3.8

1979-09-18

2

29°44'N / 95°25'W

1.00 Mile

350 Yards

0

1

2.5M

0

Harris

4.3

1966-06-18

2

29°48'N / 95°24'W

29°51'N / 95°21'W

4.90 Miles

27 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Harris

6.3

1978-05-29

2

29°48'N / 95°16'W

0.20 Mile

20 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Harris

7.5

1964-04-17

2

29°55'N / 95°23'W

29°42'N / 95°07'W

21.90 Miles

27 Yards

1

2

3K

0

Harris

8.5

1970-10-27

2

29°53'N / 95°20'W

2.00 Miles

40 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Harris

9.4

1983-02-09

2

29°39'N / 95°27'W

1.50 Miles

50 Yards

0

3

250K

0

Harris

9.8

1983-05-20

2

29°50'N / 95°32'W

29°56'N / 95°22'W

12.00 Miles

333 Yards

1

7

2.5M

0

Harris

9.8

1969-09-08

3

29°42'N / 95°13'W

0.80 Mile

50 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Harris

10.3

2003-11-17

2

29°40'N / 95°14'W

29°40'N / 95°14'W

0.70 Mile

100 Yards

0

0

550K

0

Harris

Brief Description: Tornado touched down just east of Highway 288 in the Third Ward. One church completely destroyed, 50 homes damaged, and extensive tree damage. Wind damage to several downtown buildings in SE Houston near Minute Maid ballpark.
A total of 24 tornadoes touched down during this 15 hour period of severe weather in southeastern Texas on November 17, 2003. In addition to these tornadoes, a major flood developed over Harris and surrounding counties during the middle of this tornadic outbreak. Over 300 homes, along with hundreds of vehicles, were flooded.
These tornadic storms developed over parts of Wharton and Matagorda counties shortly after sunrise with the first confirmed tornado occurring just east of El Campo around 9:00 am. Strong 500mb upper level troughing over the western U.S. moved from west to east across the Southern Plains. The polar jet stream associated with this 500 millibar trough surged into west Texas and then curved sharply northeastward into the Central Plains. The sub-tropical jet stream was oriented west to east across deep southern Texas. This jet stream pattern was the impetus to strong lower level convergence due to the enhanced upper level divergence. Low level moisture had substantially increased and was about 200 percent of normal by 6 AM. Vertical wind profiles also showed a great deal of low level wind shear with the greatest shear occurring in the lowest 2000 feet. In addition, these veering wind speeds rapidly increased with height. A focus for the thunderstorm development was provided by a weak low level boundary which was aligned southwest to northeast, or generally along the U.S. Highway 59 corridor. This feature was nearly-stationary and thunderstorms repeatedly developed and moved along this boundary. The axis of heaviest rain was coincident with this boundary.

10.3

1974-08-29

2

29°47'N / 95°32'W

1.00 Mile

67 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Harris

10.7

2001-10-11

2

29°42'N / 95°12'W

29°42'N / 95°12'W

3.50 Miles

100 Yards

0

0

3.8M

0

Harris

Brief Description: 120 homes, 3 apartment complexes, 2 schools, and some businesses damaged by a tornado. The tornado touched down near Fairmont and Shaver, moving northeast to near the intersection of Southmore and Red-Bluff Road.

11.7

1967-09-21

2

29°56'N / 95°22'W

2.00 Miles

50 Yards

0

3

3K

0

Harris

12.3

1974-07-14

2

29°47'N / 95°34'W

0.80 Mile

880 Yards

0

0

2.5M

0

Harris

13.8

1961-09-11

3

29°46'N / 95°08'W

1.00 Mile

83 Yards

0

22

0K

0

Harris

14.2

1971-03-09

2

29°35'N / 95°15'W

1.00 Mile

440 Yards

0

4

25K

0

Harris

14.3

1992-11-21

4

29°44'N / 95°17'W

29°57'N / 95°00'W

20.00 Miles

1800 Yards

0

15

250.0M

0

Harris

14.4

1977-12-13

3

29°47'N / 95°17'W

29°59'N / 95°03'W

19.70 Miles

400 Yards

1

35

25.0M

0

Harris

14.6

1971-07-29

2

29°50'N / 95°08'W

0.30 Mile

20 Yards

0

8

25K

0

Harris

14.7

2003-11-17

2

29°38'N / 95°34'W

29°38'N / 95°33'W

0.50 Mile

50 Yards

0

0

300K

0

Fort Bend

Brief Description: Tornado touched down in the Meadows subdivision in Fort Bend County and traveled into Harris County. One home lost roof with several other homes damaged.
A total of 24 tornadoes touched down during this 15 hour period of severe weather in southeastern Texas on November 17, 2003. In addition to these tornadoes, a major flood developed over Harris and surrounding counties during the middle of this tornadic outbreak. Over 300 homes, along with hundreds of vehicles, were flooded.
These tornadic storms developed over parts of Wharton and Matagorda counties shortly after sunrise with the first confirmed tornado occurring just east of El Campo around 9:00 am. Strong 500mb upper level troughing over the western U.S. moved from west to east across the Southern Plains. The polar jet stream associated with this 500 millibar trough surged into west Texas and then curved sharply northeastward into the Central Plains. The sub-tropical jet stream was oriented west to east across deep southern Texas. This jet stream pattern was the impetus to strong lower level convergence due to the enhanced upper level divergence. Low level moisture had substantially increased and was about 200 percent of normal by 6 AM. Vertical wind profiles also showed a great deal of low level wind shear with the greatest shear occurring in the lowest 2000 feet. In addition, these veering wind speeds rapidly increased with height. A focus for the thunderstorm development was provided by a weak low level boundary which was aligned southwest to northeast, or generally along the U.S. Highway 59 corridor. This feature was nearly-stationary and thunderstorms repeatedly developed and moved along this boundary. The axis of heaviest rain was coincident with this boundary.

15.0

1983-05-20

2

29°54'N / 96°06'W

29°55'N / 95°00'W

4.00 Miles

333 Yards

1

2

250K

0

Harris

15.1

2003-11-17

2

29°37'N / 95°33'W

29°37'N / 95°33'W

0.50 Mile

50 Yards

0

0

500K

0

Harris

Brief Description: Tornado touched down in the Meadows subdivision in Fort Bend County and traveled into Harris County. Tornado moved over the intersection of West Bellfort and Kirkwood. Numerous apartments lost roofs in the extensive SW Village Apartment Complex damage.
A total of 24 tornadoes touched down during this 15 hour period of severe weather in southeastern Texas on November 17, 2003. In addition to these tornadoes, a major flood developed over Harris and surrounding counties during the middle of this tornadic outbreak. Over 300 homes, along with hundreds of vehicles, were flooded.
These tornadic storms developed over parts of Wharton and Matagorda counties shortly after sunrise with the first confirmed tornado occurring just east of El Campo around 9:00 am. Strong 500mb upper level troughing over the western U.S. moved from west to east across the Southern Plains. The polar jet stream associated with this 500 millibar trough surged into west Texas and then curved sharply northeastward into the Central Plains. The sub-tropical jet stream was oriented west to east across deep southern Texas. This jet stream pattern was the impetus to strong lower level convergence due to the enhanced upper level divergence. Low level moisture had substantially increased and was about 200 percent of normal by 6 AM. Vertical wind profiles also showed a great deal of low level wind shear with the greatest shear occurring in the lowest 2000 feet. In addition, these veering wind speeds rapidly increased with height. A focus for the thunderstorm development was provided by a weak low level boundary which was aligned southwest to northeast, or generally along the U.S. Highway 59 corridor. This feature was nearly-stationary and thunderstorms repeatedly developed and moved along this boundary. The axis of heaviest rain was coincident with this boundary.

15.2

1984-12-31

2

29°36'N / 95°12'W

29°39'N / 95°08'W

4.00 Miles

200 Yards

0

53

25.0M

0

Harris

15.9

1974-10-31

2

29°37'N / 95°10'W

29°37'N / 95°09'W

1.90 Miles

167 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Harris

16.7

1983-02-09

2

29°29'N / 95°21'W

29°34'N / 95°17'W

8.00 Miles

50 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Brazoria

19.1

2003-11-17

2

29°37'N / 95°38'W

29°37'N / 95°38'W

1.50 Miles

200 Yards

0

60

500K

0

Fort Bend

Brief Description: Tornado touched down on west Airport Drive near Industrial in Sugar Land. 60 injuries with 7 people sent to hospital for further treatment. Damage to several office building roofs in Industrial Park. Additional damage to a Daycare facility at West Airport Drive and Dairy Ashford Road. Roof damage to several residential homes in the Meadows subdivision. Reports of several cars overturned or blown off of road along Airport Drive.
A total of 24 tornadoes touched down during this 15 hour period of severe weather in southeastern Texas on November 17, 2003. In addition to these tornadoes, a major flood developed over Harris and surrounding counties during the middle of this tornadic outbreak. Over 300 homes, along with hundreds of vehicles, were flooded.
These tornadic storms developed over parts of Wharton and Matagorda counties shortly after sunrise with the first confirmed tornado occurring just east of El Campo around 9:00 am. Strong 500mb upper level troughing over the western U.S. moved from west to east across the Southern Plains. The polar jet stream associated with this 500 millibar trough surged into west Texas and then curved sharply northeastward into the Central Plains. The sub-tropical jet stream was oriented west to east across deep southern Texas. This jet stream pattern was the impetus to strong lower level convergence due to the enhanced upper level divergence. Low level moisture had substantially increased and was about 200 percent of normal by 6 AM. Vertical wind profiles also showed a great deal of low level wind shear with the greatest shear occurring in the lowest 2000 feet. In addition, these veering wind speeds rapidly increased with height. A focus for the thunderstorm development was provided by a weak low level boundary which was aligned southwest to northeast, or generally along the U.S. Highway 59 corridor. This feature was nearly-stationary and thunderstorms repeatedly developed and moved along this boundary. The axis of heaviest rain was coincident with this boundary.

19.3

1986-02-05

3

30°02'N / 95°33'W

29°59'N / 95°29'W

5.00 Miles

70 Yards

2

0

25.0M

0

Harris

19.6

1981-05-03

2

29°26'N / 95°19'W

29°32'N / 95°18'W

7.20 Miles

73 Yards

0

10

250K

0

Brazoria

19.8

1974-10-31

2

29°41'N / 95°04'W

29°43'N / 95°01'W

4.30 Miles

77 Yards

0

1

250K

0

Harris

20.1

1971-06-20

2

29°54'N / 95°04'W

0.30 Mile

50 Yards

0

20

250K

0

Harris

20.3

1950-02-11

3

29°40'N / 95°03'W

29°50'N / 95°00'W

12.00 Miles

1000 Yards

1

12

25K

0

Harris

20.4

1994-04-15

2

29°57'N / 95°09'W

29°57'N / 95°03'W

5.00 Miles

300 Yards

1

20

50K

0

Harris

Brief Description: Tornado began on west shore of Lake Houston, crossed the lake then crossed the east shore in Indian Shores Estates. The air survey located minor damage and trees down on the west shore of the lake. Eye witnesses observed the tornado over the lake and WSR-88D reflectivity/ velocity data indicated a strong low-level mesocyclone near the west shore of the lake just prior to the first tornado reports. The tornado moved across the east shore of the lake and into Indian Shores Estates around 1710 CST and produced a damage path 300 to 400-yards wide and approximately 2.5 miles in length that ended about 1.5 miles east of the intersection of FM 2100 and Heathergate. One woman was killed in a mobile home, and 20 received injuries in the area.

20.7

1992-11-21

2

29°47'N / 95°46'W

29°58'N / 95°36'W

21.00 Miles

200 Yards

0

5

25.0M

0

Harris

21.8

1973-04-26

2

29°48'N / 95°01'W

29°44'N / 94°59'W

5.20 Miles

100 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Harris

21.8

1964-03-19

2

29°45'N / 95°00'W

2.50 Miles

200 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Harris

22.0

1974-10-28

3

29°42'N / 95°01'W

29°44'N / 94°59'W

3.30 Miles

50 Yards

1

7

2.5M

0

Harris

22.6

1976-03-08

3

29°27'N / 95°14'W

29°31'N / 95°06'W

9.30 Miles

200 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Galveston

22.7

1983-05-20

2

30°04'N / 95°34'W

30°04'N / 95°27'W

7.00 Miles

333 Yards

1

5

2.5M

0

Harris

22.9

1950-02-11

2

29°25'N / 95°15'W

29°31'N / 95°08'W

9.90 Miles

400 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Brazoria

23.0

1997-10-23

2

29°54'N / 95°04'W

29°58'N / 95°00'W

7.00 Miles

440 Yards

0

0

150K

0

Harris

Brief Description: The tornado first touched down on the east shore of Lake Houston and moved northeast into extreme western Liberty County. This tornado was mostly F0 and F1 with some F2 damage at Foley Rd and Dallas Rd where a boat house was extremely damaged. An 18-wheeler in the same area was overturned and moved 50 feet.

23.2

1986-02-05

2

30°01'N / 95°37'W

2.50 Miles

70 Yards

0

0

2.5M

0

Harris

23.3

2002-03-30

3

29°37'N / 95°01'W

29°38'N / 95°00'W

0.70 Mile

60 Yards

0

0

350K

0

Harris

Brief Description: This Tornado began its path in the Shoreacres subdivision, 3 miles south of La Porte, with a home on Greenleaf Road receiving structural and roof damage (F1), then moved northeast and partially demolished a Super Mart on Broadway (F3), then ripped through an apartment complex across the street causing major roof and window damage and knocking down trees (F2), collapsing a car garage and destroying at least one car. Just northeast of the apartments, a few homes had minor damage with fences and large trees down. On Carlisle Street, in the Bayside Terrace subdivision, a few homes had minor roof damage, yard trees down, and debris from the convenience store, while part of the roof off the Super Mart dropped onto a Truck parked at the north end of Carlisle next to Galveston Bay. No injuries were reported. A survey was conducted.

Brief Description: This tornado was probably the most significant in strength and length that occurred this day. Several homes and mobile homes received major damage. There was one injury when a young boy was in a mobile home when the tornado picked it up and wrapped it around a tree. Damage to trees was extensive with many trees being snapped off above the ground. This storm was surveyed from the air and had continuous tree damage from Midway to Shepherd in San Jacinto County.

36.7

1957-03-17

2

29°24'N / 94°55'W

1

7

0K

0

Galveston

36.9

1979-04-18

2

30°15'N / 95°12'W

30°17'N / 95°07'W

4.00 Miles

50 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Montgomery

38.3

1965-09-22

3

30°13'N / 95°44'W

0.80 Mile

33 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Montgomery

38.6

1957-10-14

2

30°03'N / 95°55'W

0.50 Mile

17 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Waller

39.8

1969-05-27

3

29°47'N / 94°42'W

1.50 Miles

67 Yards

3

0

25K

0

Chambers

40.0

1968-12-12

3

30°19'N / 95°26'W

30°22'N / 95°21'W

6.20 Miles

200 Yards

0

0

250K

0

Montgomery

40.0

1962-06-18

2

30°04'N / 95°56'W

0

0

0K

0

Waller

40.1

1981-06-05

2

29°32'N / 94°45'W

1.50 Miles

60 Yards

0

1

250K

0

Chambers

40.6

1970-10-11

2

29°21'N / 94°53'W

1.00 Mile

100 Yards

0

1

250K

0

Galveston

41.0

1957-10-14

2

30°12'N / 94°54'W

0.50 Mile

200 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Liberty

41.8

1973-05-26

2

30°07'N / 94°52'W

30°01'N / 94°39'W

14.70 Miles

33 Yards

0

4

250K

0

Liberty

42.1

1957-03-17

2

29°25'N / 94°49'W

29°28'N / 94°43'W

7.10 Miles

67 Yards

0

4

0K

0

Galveston

42.3

1957-10-22

3

30°15'N / 94°58'W

30°15'N / 94°54'W

4.30 Miles

100 Yards

0

1

25K

0

Liberty

43.0

1954-02-19

2

30°19'N / 95°27'W

30°27'N / 95°25'W

9.50 Miles

150 Yards

0

7

250K

0

Montgomery

43.5

1971-03-09

2

29°20'N / 94°50'W

0.50 Mile

20 Yards

0

1

25K

0

Chambers

43.9

1965-04-19

3

29°27'N / 96°00'W

0.20 Mile

150 Yards

1

3

25K

0

Fort Bend

44.6

1992-11-21

3

30°06'N / 95°02'W

30°27'N / 94°47'W

28.00 Miles

300 Yards

0

1

2.5M

0

Liberty

45.0

1959-05-21

3

29°23'N / 94°46'W

29°25'N / 94°43'W

4.30 Miles

67 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Galveston

45.2

1957-10-14

3

30°07'N / 96°00'W

1.00 Mile

33 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Waller

45.4

1970-10-23

2

29°18'N / 95°54'W

1.50 Miles

27 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Wharton

45.5

1961-09-12

3

29°16'N / 94°52'W

2.00 Miles

33 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Galveston

45.6

1967-10-29

2

29°09'N / 95°05'W

0.10 Mile

33 Yards

0

0

3K

0

Galveston

46.2

1961-09-12

3

30°09'N / 94°44'W

0.50 Mile

17 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Liberty

46.2

1983-01-31

2

29°47'N / 96°08'W

29°50'N / 96°08'W

3.00 Miles

60 Yards

0

4

2.5M

0

Austin

46.5

1961-06-18

3

29°19'N / 94°47'W

2.50 Miles

50 Yards

0

5

250K

0

Galveston

46.5

1961-09-12

4

29°19'N / 94°47'W

1.00 Mile

100 Yards

8

200

0K

0

Galveston

47.0

1981-06-05

2

29°15'N / 94°51'W

2.70 Miles

100 Yards

0

2

2.5M

0

Galveston

48.4

1966-04-18

3

29°04'N / 95°27'W

2.00 Miles

50 Yards

0

0

0K

0

Brazoria

49.8

1957-10-14

2

30°06'N / 96°06'W

1.00 Mile

33 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Waller

49.9

1970-10-23

2

29°18'N / 96°00'W

1.20 Miles

33 Yards

0

0

25K

0

Wharton

50.0

1961-11-22

3

29°24'N / 96°05'W

2.00 Miles

200 Yards

0

1

0K

0

Wharton

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.